上山容易下山難

Chinese

		to climb a mountain or a hill; to die and be buried	easy; simple; likely easy; simple; likely; liable; prone	to go down a mountain; to descend; to set	disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good
trad. (上山容易下山難)		上山	容易	下山	難
simp. (上山容易下山难)		上山	容易	下山	难

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàngshān róngyì xiàshān nán

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄕㄢ ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄕㄢ ㄋㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngshān róngyì xiàshān nán
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄕㄢ ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄕㄢ ㄋㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàngshan róngyì siàshan nán
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-shan¹ jung²-i⁴ hsia⁴-shan¹ nan²
    • Yale: shàng-shān rúng-yì syà-shān nán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqshan rongyih shiahshan nan
    • Palladius: шаншань жунъи сяшань нань (šanšanʹ žunʺi sjašanʹ nanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ʂän⁵⁵ ʐʊŋ³⁵ i⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ ʂän⁵⁵ nän³⁵/

Proverb

上山容易下山難

1. It is easier to climb up a mountain than to go down a mountain.